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Honestly, if Apollo and RIF got together and pointed themselves at a different backend, they could basically be that competitor. They're already got the users,
by jtriangle 3y ago
Honestly, if Apollo and RIF got together and pointed themselves at a different backend, they could basically be that competitor. They're already got the users, and the frontend code is good.
Their standing agreements with Reddit inc. may prevent them from doing so however.
- shagie 3y agoSwitching APIs isn't seamless. Switching to a federated backend is even more of a hurdle. None of the backends are likely able to support the load that Apollo (and RIF) would do (see also what HN did to Lemmy the other day). Many of the users of Apollo and RIF are using them and the APIs that reddit was providing for free before to avoid paying for things and seeing ads making monetization of those and supporting the backends even more difficult (not that Lemmy and friends want to pay for server costs with advertisements - they'd rather donations - but that isn't a reliable income stream).